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CCENDU Drug Alert - Fentanyl-related Overdoses

A new CCENDU Drug Alert has been issued to advise that, as of February 6, 2015, there continues to be reports of fatal and non-fatal overdoses that are suspected or confirmed to involve non-pharmaceutical (illicit) fentanyl. Most overdoses appear to be in individuals who thought they were using heroin, oxycodone, cocaine or another substance, but have mistakenly taken fentanyl.

About CCENDU
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a nation-wide network of community-level partners who share information about local trends and emerging issues in substance use and exchange knowledge and tools to support more effective data collection.